Standard calculation

Shear lug design to ANSI/AISC 360-05 LRFD

SHEAR KEY DESIGN TO AS 3600 & AS 4100

Assumptions
1. Total shear force can be transferred in bearing by the use of shear lug
2. No transfer of shear force is considered through grout. Hence, effective depth is the concrete embedment
3. Maximum shear value to be considered in one direction at one time
4. Shear key to be welded with Full Penetration butt weld
5. Shear key is assumed to be fixed at two adject edges and other two edges free
References
1. AS 3600 (2018): Concrete Structure
2. AS 4100 (1998): Steel Structures
3. Roark's Formula's for stress & strain

Input data
Key diagram

Shear key section

Geometry
Lw := 150mm Shear Key width

t := 25mm Shear lug thickness

d := 100mm Embedded depth of the key in the concrete

gr := 50mm Grout thickness

Material properties
f y := 350MPa Yielding strength of shear key steel plate

f w := 470MPa Yielding strength of weld material

f c := 32MPa Characteristic concrete strength

Design loading
Vh := 112kN Ultimate shear force on base (factored)

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Detailed calculations
Check of concrete bearing strength

A1 := Lw  d Embedded area of the shear lug

ϕbear := 0.6 Refer Table 2.2.2 of AS 3600

ϕfac := 0.9 Refer Cl 12.6 of AS 3600

Vconc := ϕbear  ϕfac  f c  A 1 Ultimate bearing concrete capacity Vconc = 259.2  kN

Vh
DesRatio1 := DesRatio1 = 0.43
Vconc

Check1 := if ( DesRatio1  1 , "PASS" , "FAIL" ) Check1 = "PASS"

Check of lug plate thickness

Lw - t
a := Smaller width a = 62.5  mm
2

b := gr + d Total depth of shear key b = 150  mm

a
Aratio := Aspect Ratio Aratio = 0.42
b

a/b β

 0.125 0.050 
 0.25 0.182 
 
0.375 0.353 
Roark := 
Roark coefficients for two side fixed plate
 0.5 0.631 
 0.75 1.246

 
 1.0 1.769 

(
0 1
Roarks := linterp Roark , Roark , Aratio ) Roarks = 0.45

Vh N
σprs := σprs = 4.98 
Lw  ( gr + d) 2
mm

ϕben_steel := 0.9 Refer to Table 3.4 AS4100

2
Roarks  σprs  b
t plate_req := t plate_req = 13  mm
ϕben_steel  f y

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t plate_req
DesRatio2 := DesRatio2 = 0.5
t

Check2 := if ( DesRatio2  1 , "PASS" , "FAIL" ) Check2 = "PASS"

Summary of results
The following matrix provides a summary of all failure mechanisms for the current load case.

 "Concrete bearing strength" "PASS" 0.43 

Details of the critical failure mechanism are as follows:

OverallCheck = "PASS"

CritFailureMech = "Lug plate thickness"

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